Ryoma Kohari Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Simple question. We'll shoot under the regular fluorescent lights(not kinoflo or HMI) with 24fps and shutter angle is 90 degree. The area where we will shoot has 60hz. I'm not sure I will get a flicker thing on the film. Would anybody answer this or tell me any info about the flicker things?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted April 1, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted April 1, 2007 If you are shooting crystal-sync 24 fps, probably not. As the shutter angle closes down, you capture less of the sine wave. At 180 degrees, you get more than two pulses; at 144 degrees, exactly two pulses. At 45 degrees, you get less than a full sine wave, so the problem is that every time you trigger the camera, you may be in sync with the peak or valley of the wave, so your exposure will be different each time. But 90 degrees is probably fine. I've done it in the past with no problems. jamrock, you need to go to My Controls and edit your Display Name to a real first and last name, as per the forum rules listed when you registered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timHealy Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Very rarely, older flurescent fixtures can flicker. I caught one once when we started rolling. it could not be seen by eye but it could be seen in the video tap monitor flickering once we were rolling. I am not talking about shutter flicker. The flicker could not be seen through the eyepiece either. We did one take with that particular bulb out and sure enough when we got our dailies back that one fixture had been flickering the whole time. So they used the one take with that bulb out. Once in a while you can see a flouro flickering in a movie. I was wondering if anyone had any tools or methods to try and test for fluoro flicker? David? Best Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted April 1, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted April 1, 2007 I think there is a B&S flicker meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoma Kohari Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 (edited) Thanks for your info, David and Tim. It's a big help for me. I'm still researching about the relation of flicker, shutter angle and FPS. I need to completely make it clear about it. If I got some questions, I'll make a topic again. I changed my name to real, sorry and thanks for your notice, David! Edited April 1, 2007 by Ryoma Kohari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feldspar Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Simple question. We'll shoot under the regular fluorescent lights(not kinoflo or HMI) with 24fps and shutter angle is 90 degree. The area where we will shoot has 60hz. I'm not sure I will get a flicker thing on the film. Would anybody answer this or tell me any info about the flicker things?? What made you choose 90 degree shutter, instead of say 144? Won't 90 give more strobing of motion (like in "Saving Private Ryan" ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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